I know y’all have probably had enough of me coming up with more walk-in closet paint color ideas. Believe me, I’m more frustrated than any of you. I thought I had settled on blue for my closet, but after keeping an eye on those six blue paint samples throughout the entire day, seeing them with natural light through the day and without natural light through the evening, I just couldn’t settle on a color. Of the six that I tested, the third one down, Behr Air Blue, was my favorite. But even that color seemed very baby blue to my eye. And the last thing I want is for my closet to look like a baby’s nursery.
So I decided to go ahead and test out some colors in the pink and coral range. After all, when I first started planning this closet, I had my heart set on a pink/coral color, and I knew I couldn’t be satisfied with a blue unless I at least tried out some pinks and corals.
I chose seven different colors this time, and all of them lean more towards coral rather than pink. I chose colors that are more coral for two reasons. First, I’ll be using corals/oranges in the bedroom, and the two areas will be visible together. And second, I already have loads of pink elsewhere. I already have my studio, where I spend lots of time every single day, that is filled with pink.
My need for pink has been satisfied. But I love coral just as much as I love pink. After all, all of our exterior doors are coral. It’s the color I chose to accent the exterior of our house and serve as the first impression when guests enter our house.
So I chose seven different coral paint colors, some of which lean more towards pink, and others which lean more towards orange. I took most of these pictures last night after the sun went down, so I had to bring in extra light so that the colors would show properly. I’ll be adding much more light to the room before it’s finished, so the colors in these pictures look accurate (at least they do on my computer monitor) compared to what I’m seeing in person.
Here are the seven I chose…
From top to bottom, these are: (1) Behr Passion Fruit Punch, (2) Behr All Dressed Up, (3) Behr Infatuation, (4) Behr Sunset Pink, (5) Behr Noble Blush, (6) Behr Coral Fountain, and (7) PPG Sweet Angel.
Here’s a different view of the seven colors with the wallpaper…
Because my lighting isn’t great, I’ll show you the marketing pictures of these colors in order. First, this is Behr Passion Fruit Punch…
This is Behr All Dressed Up…
Next up is Behr Infatuation…
And Behr Sunset Pink…
This is Behr Noble Blush…
And Behr Coral Fountain…
And finally, PPG Paints Sweet Angel…
I was immediately drawn to two of the colors, and they’re very different. But let’s look at the colors again in order. The first one seemed too muddy and orange to me. The second one was immediately one of my favorites. The third one was just okay, but wasn’t in my top two. (See my update at the end of the post!) And the fourth one also seemed too muddy and orange.
The fifth one just looked blah to me. And the sixth one didn’t seem vibrant enough for the wallpaper.
But much to my surprise, I loved the seventh one.
So I did a little editing on the photo so that I could see more of the second color with the wallpaper, and I colored in the whole side of the cabinet with the second paint color, which is Behr All Dressed Up.
So of the seven samples, my two favorites are #2, Behr All Dressed Up, and #7, PPG Sweet Angel. It really all depends on whether I want the cabinets to be bold, in which case I would choose All Dressed Up, or whether I want them to be more of a soft neutral, in which case I would go with Sweet Angel.
And at this point, I’m undecided on that. I think the lighter one, Sweet Angel, would coordinate better with the bedroom. In fact, it’s one of the original coral colors I chose way back when I first started looked at corals.
I did take this one picture this morning after the sun came up, so this is what they look like with a little bit of natural light coming in through the window…
One thing that concerned me about going with coral is how my shoes, handbags, and clothes would look in a coral closet. I think light blue reads more like a neutral, so I didn’t have any concerns about what my colorful items would look like on light blue shelves. But coral is such a stronger color, so I was curious what my colorful items would look like on coral shelves. So I chose some of my more colorful handbags and brought them in to see what they would look like sitting on coral shelves.
I was surprised at how much I like it. I think that has a lot to do with the fact that the wallpaper itself has so many of these colors in it.
I don’t know, but it seems to work. You can tell me what you think.
I do think that the Sweet Angel, which is the lightest of the two colors I like, seems to serve as a better backdrop for my colorful items. I think it works better since it’s lighter and reads more neutral. But that works for me!
So the big question is…blue or coral?
If I go with blue, I’m going to choose #3, Behr Air Blue. And if I go with coral, I’m almost sure I’d go with #7, PPG Sweet Angel, but #2, Behr All Dressed Up, is still in the running.
Update: After seeing the colors with more sunlight this morning, #3, Infatuation, is also in the running.
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Addicted 2 Decorating is where I share my DIY and decorating journey as I remodel and decorate the 1948 fixer upper that my husband, Matt, and I bought in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do physical work, so I do the majority of the work on the house by myself. You can learn more about me here.
